Besides pounding on drums for the bulk of their lives, music author Jake Brown got to wondering about the other common threads shared by some of rock music’s all-time great drummers. Brown, who got to ...

The Nigerian sound that revolutionized African music in the 1970s—and the music of other continents for decades to come—was called Afrobeat. Most of the credit was given to Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the ...

Great drummers are usually known for notable solos. But there are also those precise fills, thundering breaks, and catchy introductions. We have ranked 25 of the best drum solos, fills, breaks, and ...

URBANA – As a tabla player, Zakir Hussain is considered a phenomenon, a national treasure of India. As one of the architects of the "world-music" movement, he has collaborated with many of the world's ...

Counting the great drummers of the Count Basie Orchestra is like counting stars. They are multitudinous. Buddy Rich played for the legendary bandleader. Jo Jones did, too. Gus Johnson, Sonny Payne, ...

"I was a kid who wanted to be Ringo. I wanted to do what he was doing. I wanted to have that kind of fun," Max Weinberg said. "In a lot of ways, I got my dream fulfilled. I'm playing in a band that ...